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JOHN Francis Olajide also known as Johnny Praise is a dynamic praise and worship leader. Apart from this he loves creativity in all ramification of the word, churning out great messages and helping to develop the minds of the people in his messages and songs. His passion for the sector started quite early and he is ready to tell anyone who cares to listen that creativity actually runs in the family. Born in the United States but raised in Ibadan, Nigeria. John was raised in a family that loves music. He was influenced by his uncle and aunt who are gospel artistes. He was also influenced by a lot of gospel musicians in Nigeria like Gbenga Wise, Soji Isreal and Tosin Martins. Internationally, he is inspired by gospel artistes like Israel Houghton, Donnie Mclurkin and Chris Tomli...

Tonto Dikeh has revealed how music mogul, Don Jazzy, and artist manager, Tee Billz rescued her from committing suicide ten years ago. Reacting to the death of a young Nigerian who committed suicide after being accused of rape, Dikeh narrated how she became suicidal and was rescued by Don Jazzy and Tee Billz. “This was me 9/10 years ago, I’m here because I believed there was much more to life than my situation. I wanted to badly believe God didn’t hate me, I wanted to badly stop the hurt but it just kept coming so strong. I knew I was ready, I mean the pain was excruciating. Today was a perfect day to die I said”, she began. Continuing, the actress wrote, “God spared me, God showed me how much love he had for me that day. Shoutout to @teebillz323 @donjazzy for coming to my rescue, I ...

WHICH of your movies would you say is the most challenging since you began? Originally, Mama Ajasco was challenging because it has been done over and over by different generations. Overtime I didn’t try to duplicate what the previous Mama Ajasco was doing, I just created my own style and it was just a matter of time. But one of the most challenging movies I have ever done was ‘Daughters of Eve.’ I had three characters in the movie. In season 1, I was the victim of a kidnap and then I became a matron when I was kidnapping children and selling to people – politicians and all of those that needed children. Eventually in season three, I became an old woman who was regretting her actions. I had aged and needed to tell my stories from the beginning and acting that elderly part with ...

Tell us about the new things that you are working on? I currently have a couple of budding productions, commercials and social campaign projects that I am working on for the next phase of my career. However, due to the current Pandemic we have not fully launched to the public. When we do and once the time is right, the efforts made will be justified and you will be the first to know about this. I am more of a creative person, so I guess it would be safe to also say that there is always something new to work on. How did you get into acting? What was the first role you did? Acting has always been a part of me. Something I could call “innate”. I started acting since I was a child by participating in church and school plays which eventually spurred me to study Theatre Arts at t...

When billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, announced that he would be quitting the oil and gas sector by selling off his shares in Forte Oil in June 2019 to delve into the energy sector, many business analysts saw this as a wrong move for the business tycoon. The reason remains why would anyone quit a lucrative money-spinning business that made him a household name. While aspiring billionaires and business students in the oil and gas industry need to learn Otedola’s secret on how he was able to navigate back to winning ways after being hit by a fall in the global oil price over a decade ago, the suave and gangling businessman is already writing a book for protegees to learn. However, those who have come in contact with the highly cerebral business mogul will reel out his ability, s...